This placed Muhammad in mortal danger since the withdrawal of clan protection implied that the blood revenge for his killing would not be exacted.
12.
At an opportune time, his infantry surprised the garrison and occupied the castle, plundered it then took blood revenge by killing all its inhabitants.
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In the Russian Empire and early Soviet Union blood revenge ( although this tradition has been declining over time, as law enforcement takes hold ).
14.
The killing and bombardment of neighbor by neighbor tore at the fabric of ethnic ties so violently that tradition would demand blood revenge for generations.
15.
Soon afterward Benvenuto killed his brother's killer an act of blood revenge but not justice as Cellini admits that his brother's killer had acted in self-defense.
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After Vsevolod, and their men Kosnyachko, Pereneg, Nikofor, and they changed the blood revenge for a fine; and the rest of his sons asserted as Yaroslav judged.
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When word reached Tovzayev _ he was in Europe, trying to make money in trade _ he immediately returned home to carry out the Chechen tradition of blood revenge.
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Largely though not entirely suppressed after 1918, the ethic of blood revenge, binding individual members of extended families, sprang back to life when states disintegrated and civil wars erupted.
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In and around Shkodra, a city at the foot of the northern Albanian Alps and the birthplace of Gjkmarrje, just about everyone has a story to tell about blood revenge.
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The Russian invasion has prompted more and more Chechens to take the oath of " gazavat "-- holy war against invaders-- and revived ancient traditions of blood revenge and mystic Islam.
